Ultrasound Technician

KurzSolutions•Pinon, AZ

15h•Onsite

About The Position

The Pinon Health Center is an outpatient clinic associated with the Chinle Service Unit - Indian Health Service, located in the heart of the Navajo Reservation in Northern Arizona. It serves approximately 11,000 patients, the majority of whom are Navajo. The clinic offers a wide range of health services, including Community Health Nutrition, Counseling Services, Dental, Family Medicine, Health Promotion, Laboratory, Midwifery, Native Medicine, OB/GYN, Optometry, Patient Advocacy, Pediatrics, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Public Health Nursing, Radiology, Speech Therapy, Navajo Nation Emergency Medical Services, and Navajo Nation Health Education. This position is for an Ultrasound Technician who will perform diagnostic ultrasonic examinations and correlate patient history with requested examinations.

Requirements

Minimum one year of experience as an Ultrasound technologist.
Certification as a Sonographer through the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) or an equivalent recognized by ARDMS.
Possess BLS through the AHA or ARC.
Graduate from an academic program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP).

Responsibilities

Correlate the patient's clinical history with the requested examination and obtain results from previous pertinent diagnostic tests.
Consult with staff physicians regarding patient history, preliminary diagnosis, and condition to correlate with the ultrasound examination.
Recognize normal anatomic variants and anatomic changes created by medical and surgical procedures.
Document arrival, departure, and completed tests.
Send appropriate image series to the radiologist for reading.
Perform system warmups, calibrations, and quality control tasks.
Recognize artifacts and equipment errors and notify designated Government personnel of outlying values.
Explain the process to the patient and instruct and assist the patient in assuming a physical position for examination.
Assist in the compiling and archiving of records for procedures performed.
Observe and report to the radiologist any symptoms of adverse reaction to contrast media and inform the radiologist of any condition requiring attention.
Recognize the need for and initiate emergency measures for critical situations such as respiratory or cardiac arrest.
Identify abnormalities during testing and determine the need for additional scans of the affected area.
Perform a full range of diagnostic ultrasonic examinations as appropriate to the discipline.